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The Dawn of Art

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98%Game Brain Score
graphics, emotional
story, music
98% User Score Based on 84 reviews

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The Dawn of Art is a single player action game. It was developed by Google Arts & Culture and was released on February 24, 2020. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Explore the Chauvet Cave 36,000 years ago, with Daisy Ridley's voice as your guide. It's in the Ardèche gorges, in the south of France, that our ancestors drew humanity's first masterpieces, giving life to their beliefs.

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98%
Audience ScoreBased on 84 reviews
graphics5 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • Beautifully produced and immersive VR experience that realistically recreates the Chauvet Cave and its prehistoric art, making a normally inaccessible site available to explore virtually.
  • Well done narration (English and French) and audio-visual effects that create a moving and emotionally engaging experience, suitable for educational purposes and VR newcomers.
  • Free, short, and highly recommended as a quality educational VR experience showcasing art, history, and culture through two modes: a cinematic film and a guided virtual tour.
  • Lacks traditional game elements such as interactive gameplay, free locomotion, and meaningful player control; the experience is mostly a passive guided tour with limited teleportation points.
  • Short duration limits depth of content and exploration; some users desired more detailed historical context, higher resolution textures, and the ability to roam freely inside the cave.
  • Some minor issues with narrative delivery feeling overly scripted or sappy, occasional uneven graphical quality, and a confusing virtual tour interface lacking certain expected features like snap turning or rotational controls.
  • graphics
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users generally praise the graphics for their beautiful, high-quality visuals and excellent image capture, especially appreciating the depiction of historic cave art. While some find the graphical quality impressive for a free experience and suitable for VR education, a few express a desire for more photographic realism. Overall, the graphics are considered a strong highlight of the experience.

    • “Great graphics - short but great experience if you like to look at historic cave art (and it's free - so nothing to lose)!”
    • “Here you can again appreciate the really excellent quality of the image capture, and the striking sweeps of some of the original artwork.”
    • “Some of the best visuals and production value I have ever seen in a VR educational experience.”
    • “I was not overly impressed with the graphical quality, but this was free to try.”
    • “I cannot wait for the day images are much more photographic.”
    • “Here you can again appreciate the really excellent quality of the image capture, but it contrasts with the striking sweeps of some of the original artwork.”
  • story
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is generally seen as underwhelming and lacking depth, offering little new information beyond the initial experience. While the visuals and narration are praised, the narrative itself fails to engage or expand meaningfully.

    • “It doesn't really give you much extra information about stuff, so once you've seen the tour and watched the story mode, that's about it.”
    • “[0.5] game story”
    • “Now that we have the assets, how great would it be to construct an interactive story.”
  • music
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is praised for enhancing the atmosphere with soothing, beautiful, and well-crafted tracks that complement the visuals and narration, creating a moody and immersive VR experience.

    • “Music, atmosphere, and visuals are really nice.”
    • “A moody, snappy VR experience with some soothing narration and music.”
    • “The main documentary is beautiful and has great music.”
    • “The music in the game is very minimal and doesn't add much to the atmosphere.”
    • “Sound design and music feel very generic and uninspired.”
    • “Music tracks are repetitive and get annoying after a while.”
  • gameplay
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is criticized for lacking any meaningful interaction or gameplay loops, resulting in an experience that does not feel like a game.

    • “There are no gameplay loops in this software, no 'gameplay', no meaningful game-like interaction.”
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers a deeply emotional and connective experience, beautifully portraying the lives and expressions of our ancestors through an artistic and interactive film format. Many users find it both visually stunning and profoundly touching.

    • “A deeply emotional and connective look at our ancestors' lives and expressions through the use of an artistic lens.”
    • “Very beautiful interactive film and a touching experience.”
  • atmosphere
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere is highly praised for its immersive music, visuals, and overall ambiance, creating a very atmospheric and inspiring VR experience that combines a compelling short film with an engaging guided tour.

    • “Music, atmosphere, visuals are really nice.”
    • “Great VR experience: very atmospheric and inspiring short film + interesting guided tour.”
  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features good graphics and strong narration, but its performance is somewhat inconsistent; however, optimization issues do not significantly impact the overall experience.

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The Dawn of Art is a action game.

The Dawn of Art is available on PC and Windows.

The Dawn of Art was released on February 24, 2020.

The Dawn of Art was developed by Google Arts & Culture.

The Dawn of Art has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its story.

The Dawn of Art is a single player game.

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